How much do substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors make in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL?

What the Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median says in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL at $55,570 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 21-1018 and BLS area 45300.

BLS lists 4,370 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $62,590 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL's Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is 6.4% below the U.S. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $59,350 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 21-1018 with area 45300

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 21-1018 and area 45300. SOC 21-1018 names Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Area 45300 names Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 21-1018/45300 row has 4,370 wage and salary jobs. There are 3.02 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.95. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 21-1018/45300, the annual median is $55,570 per year, while the matching mean is $62,590 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 21-1018/45300 10th percentile: $39,820 per year.
• 21-1018/45300 25th percentile: $47,230 per year.
• 21-1018/45300 median: $55,570 per year.
• 21-1018/45300 75th percentile: $73,930 per year.
• 21-1018/45300 90th percentile: $89,680 per year.
• 21-1018/45300 employment RSE: 6.6%. Mean-wage RSE: 2.7%.
• 21-1018/45300 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 45300 facts behind this Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors page

Area 45300 reports 1,447,120 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $66,490. Its annual median is $48,940. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 21-1018 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL runs from $30,190 at the 10th percentile to $121,920 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,670. The median is $48,940. The 75th percentile is $77,860. This is a place check, not a pay range for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 45300. They do not show related skills or a path into Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 45300. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 45,130. Yearly median: $33,790. Jobs per 1,000: 31.18. Location quotient: 1.24.
• 2. Registered Nurses. Area: 45300. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 38,720. Yearly median: $85,470. Jobs per 1,000: 26.75. Location quotient: 1.23.
• 3. General and Operations Managers. Area: 45300. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 35,700. Yearly median: $103,670. Jobs per 1,000: 24.67. Location quotient: 1.1.
• 4. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 45300. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 34,150. Yearly median: $42,660. Jobs per 1,000: 23.6. Location quotient: 1.41.
• 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 45300. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 33,910. Yearly median: $29,260. Jobs per 1,000: 23.43. Location quotient: 0.95.
• 6. Cashiers. Area: 45300. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 25,820. Yearly median: $30,290. Jobs per 1,000: 17.84. Location quotient: 0.9.

Read the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL wage ladder for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

The 10th percentile is $39,820 per year. The 25th percentile is $47,230 per year. The median is $55,570 per year. The 75th percentile is $73,930 per year. The 90th percentile is $89,680 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $47,230 per year to $73,930 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $49,860. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL with its state and the U.S.

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL has a annual median of $55,570 per year. Florida has $56,790 per year. The U.S. row has $59,350 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 2.1% below Florida on the same published median. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 6.4% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL sits for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ranks 242 of 387 among metro areas with a published annual median for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 242 of 387 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 239. Bloomington, IL. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,890 per year. BLS estimates 280 jobs. The location quotient is 0.99.
• 240. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,750 per year. BLS estimates 1,480 jobs. The location quotient is 0.87.
• 241. Reading, PA. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,690 per year. BLS estimates 840 jobs. The location quotient is 1.52.
• 243. Hinesville, GA. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,540 per year. BLS estimates 70 jobs. The location quotient is 1.03.
• 244. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,520 per year. BLS estimates 1,550 jobs. The location quotient is 1.3.
• 245. Greenville, NC. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,490 per year. BLS estimates 170 jobs. The location quotient is 0.66.

Where Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 21-1018, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Fairbanks-College, AK has the highest published median in this set, at $83,680 per year. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL sits at $55,570 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Fairbanks-College, AK has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $83,680 per year, or $28,110 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 100 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 0.91.
• 2. Anchorage, AK has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $81,120 per year, or $25,550 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 810 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 1.44.
• 3. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $80,770 per year, or $25,200 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 350 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 0.91.
• 4. Albany, OR has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $78,910 per year, or $23,340 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 110 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 5. Salem, OR has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $78,870 per year, or $23,300 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 560 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 0.94.
• 6. Bellingham, WA has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $77,620 per year, or $22,050 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 440 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 1.51.
• 7. Lincoln, NE has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $76,480 per year, or $20,910 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 560 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 0.97.
• 8. Las Cruces, NM has a Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median of $76,350 per year, or $20,780 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 310 jobs there, compared with 4,370 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. The location quotient is 1.22.

Where BLS counts the most Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has the largest published metro job estimate for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors in this same-source set, at 26,960 jobs. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL has 4,370. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 26,960 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 22,590 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $51,910 per year, or $3,660 below Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 1.36.
• 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 26,200 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 21,830 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $61,020 per year, or $5,450 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 15,580 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 11,210 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $61,600 per year, or $6,030 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 4. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 14,920 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 10,550 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $58,140 per year, or $2,570 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 1.63.
• 5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 11,150 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 6,780 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $62,130 per year, or $6,560 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 10,240 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 5,870 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $57,290 per year, or $1,720 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 1.15.
• 7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 9,520 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 5,150 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $68,400 per year, or $12,830 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 1.27.
• 8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 9,030 estimated Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs, a gap of 4,660 jobs from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its median is $65,270 per year, or $9,700 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Its location quotient is 0.91.

Where Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors takes the largest share of local jobs

Bloomington, IN has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 4.13. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL has 0.95. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Bloomington, IN has a location quotient of 4.13, a gap of 3.18 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 960 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $52,710 per year, or $2,860 below Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 2. Pueblo, CO has a location quotient of 3.6, a gap of 2.65 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 700 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $58,380 per year, or $2,810 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 3. Bay City, MI has a location quotient of 3.24, a gap of 2.29 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 350 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $37,620 per year, or $17,950 below Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 4. Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA has a location quotient of 3.11, a gap of 2.16 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 730 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $52,060 per year, or $3,510 below Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 5. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA has a location quotient of 2.85, a gap of 1.90 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 590 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $58,810 per year, or $3,240 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 6. Mankato, MN has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 1.85 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 500 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $63,460 per year, or $7,890 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 7. Springfield, MA has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 1.85 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 1,790 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $58,750 per year, or $3,180 above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
• 8. Altoona, PA has a location quotient of 2.76, a gap of 1.81 from Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. BLS lists 510 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs and a median of $46,260 per year, or $9,310 below Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.

How common Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors is in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

BLS lists 4,370 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. It also lists 3.02 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 0.95. A value of 1 means Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors beside other roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

The all-occupations median in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is $48,940 per year. The Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median is $55,570 per year. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors is 13.5% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, SOC 41-3091, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $59,600 per year. BLS lists 16,050 jobs and a location quotient of 1.37.
• 2. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $60,120 per year. BLS lists 11,000 jobs and a location quotient of 0.85.
• 3. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $50,560 per year. BLS lists 15,840 jobs and a location quotient of 0.83.
• 4. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $50,090 per year. BLS lists 12,750 jobs and a location quotient of 1.
• 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, SOC 41-4012, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $62,000 per year. BLS lists 13,460 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers, SOC 43-1011, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $63,650 per year. BLS lists 14,050 jobs and a location quotient of 1.05.
• 7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $46,020 per year. BLS lists 14,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
• 8. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL median of $45,680 per year. BLS lists 23,680 jobs and a location quotient of 1.03.

The largest detailed roles in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL table, at 45,130 jobs. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors has 4,370 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 1,447,120. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 45,130 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 40,760 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $33,790 per year, or $21,780 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 2. Registered Nurses has 38,720 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 34,350 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $85,470 per year, or $29,900 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.23.
• 3. General and Operations Managers has 35,700 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 31,330 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $103,670 per year, or $48,100 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.1.
• 4. Customer Service Representatives has 34,150 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 29,780 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $42,660 per year, or $12,910 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 33,910 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 29,540 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $29,260 per year, or $26,310 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 6. Cashiers has 25,820 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 21,450 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $30,290 per year, or $25,280 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 0.9.
• 7. Waiters and Waitresses has 25,280 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 20,910 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $37,070 per year, or $18,500 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.2.
• 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 23,830 jobs in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 19,460 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its median is $35,420 per year, or $20,150 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 0.9.

Published role medians around Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL role table, at $130,450 per year. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors has $55,570 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,940 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Software Developers has a median of $130,450 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $74,880 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 14,230 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 0.91.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $103,670 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $48,100 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 35,700 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.1.
• 3. Project Management Specialists has a median of $97,780 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $42,210 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 11,660 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 4. Management Analysts has a median of $95,840 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $40,270 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 12,470 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.49.
• 5. Registered Nurses has a median of $85,470 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $29,900 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 38,720 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.23.
• 6. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $78,990 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $23,420 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 14,770 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,650 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $8,080 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 14,050 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.05.
• 8. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $62,000 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, or $6,430 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 13,460 jobs, compared with 4,370 for Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. Its location quotient is 1.17.

Roles with the largest local share in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has the highest location quotient in the bounded Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL role table, at 1.83. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors has 0.95. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.83 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.88 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 16,350 jobs and a median of $43,770 per year, or $11,800 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 2. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.49 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.54 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 12,470 jobs and a median of $95,840 per year, or $40,270 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 3. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.42 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.47 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 18,640 jobs and a median of $37,010 per year, or $18,560 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 4. Customer Service Representatives has a location quotient of 1.41 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.46 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 34,150 jobs and a median of $42,660 per year, or $12,910 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 5. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a location quotient of 1.37 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.42 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 16,050 jobs and a median of $59,600 per year, or $4,030 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 6. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.26 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.31 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 12,860 jobs and a median of $43,750 per year, or $11,820 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 7. Retail Salespersons has a location quotient of 1.24 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.29 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 45,130 jobs and a median of $33,790 per year, or $21,780 below Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.
• 8. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 1.23 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, a gap of 0.28 from Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. BLS lists 38,720 jobs and a median of $85,470 per year, or $29,900 above Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors.

What $55,570 may mean after the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL is 100.9. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 0.9% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $55,570 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors median by 100.9 divided by 100. The result is $55,080 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 125.8. Goods are 95.5. Utilities are 88.5. Other services are 97.6. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL row

The employment RSE for this Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors row is 6.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 2.7%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 4,370 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $62,590 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors. It uses a Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $55,570 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors row for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 4,370 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.95 is not a growth score. Rank 242 of 387 is not a place score. The 100.9 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 21-1018 in BLS area 45300. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.